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74521-01 - Masterprojekt: Smartphones: Freund oder Feind? Der Einfluss von Smartphone-Nutzung auf Aufmerksamkeit und psychische Gesundheit (4 KP)
| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende |
Jörg Rieskamp (joerg.rieskamp@unibas.ch)
Oliver Schürmann (o.schuermann@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Problematic Smartphone use is an important health challenge and is linked with poor mental health outcomes. However, little is known about the mechanics that underly this connection. In this Master's project, we investigate the connection between smartphone use and attention capacities and how this is linked to mental health issues such as ADHD/VAST (variable attention stimulus trait), anxiety, or depression. At the same time, we investigate how we can utilize digital tools that smartphones provide. Simple interventions such as the imaginary pill or mindfulness excercises for example, have shown positive effect on attention capacities or mental health, which can be harnessed by digital tools such as the smartphone. In this Master's project we will be working as a collaborative research team. We will focus on the one hand on the influence of smartphone use on attention capacities and linked mental health issues, on the other hand on possibilities of harnessing smartphone ubiquity as a resource. Together, we will design an experimental set up and conduct the study. Each student will be invited to bring in their own ideas and interests and formulate their own unique research question. Each student will also be required to take over responsibility over some aspects of the project for others. |
| Lernziele | - consolidate evidence-based information to a status quo of the research, design a research question and focus further literature search to formulate concrete reference-backed hypotheses - design and follow a project-plan including milestones, sub tasks and deadlines of an experimental research project. - collaborate with a team towards a common goal while keeping focus on your individual, motivation enhancing goal-efficacy. - learn agile methods of project management, evaluating fit of project path and goal formulation and know when to adapt either with increasing evidence accumulation. |
| Literatur | Buergler, S., Sezer, D., Bagge, N., Kirsch, I., Locher, C., Carvalho, C., & Gaab, J. (2023). Imaginary pills and open-label placebos can reduce test anxiety by means of placebo mechanisms. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 2624. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29624-7 Dennis, T. A., & O’Toole, L. (2014). Mental Health on the Go: Effects of a Gamified Attention Bias Modification Mobile Application in Trait Anxious Adults. Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 2(5), 576–590. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702614522228 Elhai, J., Levine, J., Dvorak, R., & Hall, B. (2016). Problematic smartphone use: A conceptual overview and systematic review of relations with anxiety and depression psychopathology. Journal of Affective Disorders, in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.08.030 Kwon, M., Lee, J.-Y., Won, W.-Y., Park, J.-W., Min, J.-A., Hahn, C., Gu, X., Choi, J.-H., & Kim, D.-J. (2013). Development and Validation of a Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS). PLOS ONE, 8(2), e56936. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056936 Mahmood, L., Hopthrow, T., & Moura, G. R. de. (2016). A Moment of Mindfulness: Computer-Mediated Mindfulness Practice Increases State Mindfulness. PLOS ONE, 11(4), e0153923. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153923 |
| Bemerkungen | DO 10-12. Weitere Termine werden mit der Betreuungsperson persönlich vereinbart. This project can be carried out in German or English. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Abgeschlossenes Bachelorstudium Psychologie (StO15). |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Es werden keine neuen Studierenden mehr aufgenommen. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Deutsch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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Keine Einzeltermine verfügbar, bitte informieren Sie sich direkt bei den Dozierenden.
| Module |
Modul: Masterprojekt Klinische Psychologie und Neurowissenschaften (Masterstudium: Psychologie (Studienbeginn vor 01.08.2024)) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Für die regelmässige Teilnahme am praktischen Masterprojekt werden 4 KP vergeben. Zusätzlich können mit dem Kolloquium 1 KP erworben werden (StO15). ACHTUNG: Bitte belegen Sie das Kolloquium "74497 Klinische Psychologie" (1 KP). Es findet gemeinsam mit dem Kolloquium "Economic Psychology" von Herrn Prof. Dr. J. Rieskamp statt, die Veranstaltungstermine finden Sie dort. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anm.: Belegen Lehrveranstaltung; Abm.: stornieren |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Fakultät für Psychologie, studiendekanat-psychologie@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fakultät für Psychologie |